Friday, May 02, 2008

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If you recall the last time Penny pitched, the Dodgers scored 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 11-3 drubbing of Colorado. Meanwhile, Rockies ace Francis is still searching for his first win, even after holding the Dodgers to two runs over seven innings last Sunday. Penny is 13-2 lifetime against the Rockies. Francis has a career 2.64 ERA against the Dodgers. Magic 8-Ball says: Expect a pitching duel.

Hurting the Rockies is an injury to Troy Tulowitzki, which will sideline him for weeks, if not months. On the other hand, the Dodger offense is humming along. As a team, the Dodgers are batting .279/.360/.404, 2nd/3rd/9th-best in the NL. If Andruw Jones can rebound from his craptacular April—"I'm trying everything," he says—the Dodgers will enjoy the type of offensive production they haven't seen in years. Here's to seven in a row!

As part of the Dodgers' attempt to make Dodger Stadium more environmentally friendly, they should consider a change to the way guys drink water in the dugout.

Every time a guy gets a drink, he uses a disposable cup one time, then throws it on the ground. That's not exactly "green", and it's always bothered me. I don't know the solution, but someone should look into it.

I have the Extra Innings package, which means I technically could watch the channel that shows eight games at once. But, the Dodgers' games are blacked out, so when they play at the same time, I am forced to flip.

I've noticed, this year, that mlb.com has targeted banner ads based on where they think you're located (my connection at work goes through servers in Arizona, so I keep getting Snakes tickets ads; when I was in the bay area, I got alternating Giants and A's ads).

One time, back in high school, I was over at Pedro Guerrero's house (SoSG Pedro, that is), and we both replied to a question from Pedro's mom with the exact same words. "Great minds think alike," I remarked.

I liked the dinner party episode, because I'm all for the craziness of Jan, but last week's was a little weak. I haven't watched the most recent one yet, and probably won't until tomorrow, unfortunately.

Seriously, putting Chan Ho Park out there in Coors Field seems pretty self-flagellating. However, he gets out of a two-on, none-out jam with DeWitt's smooth DP and a hard fly out. On to the ninth, 11-6.

Another Office question: there have only been three episodes aired since the hiatus, right? It seemed pretty quick that Michael was watching Jan flip out at the dinner party in week 1, and then she's out of the picture entirely in week 2. Who did she piss off?